We are reading the Dr. Tiebot Appendix in the back of AA Comes of Age. I highly recommend it. It gives a fresh perspective on our illness from an HONEST psychiatrist. Fascinating. Alcoholics Anonymous comes of age_ a brief history of A_A -- W_, Bill -- 1957 -- New York_ Alcoholics AnonymousDownload
Code of Conduct of Alcoholics Anonymous
AA is supposedly a Spiritual Entity with a little business to attend to, therefore AA has Traditions - not a legal code of conduct- but now the trustees have to sign this Code of Conduct and follow it, because AAWS, Inc is a business, no longer a spiritual entity... Remember - it said that The … Continue reading Code of Conduct of Alcoholics Anonymous
Week 2: AACoA Meeting
Disclaimer: This blog is for me to keep sane and to keep track and to reflect back on what is going on. If you get something out of it great, if not oh well. The names have been changed for the sake of Anonymity. Yesterday was the 2nd meeting of Anonymous Alcoholics Presents A Literature, … Continue reading Week 2: AACoA Meeting
Week 1: AACoA Meeting
Disclaimer: This blog is for me to keep sane and to keep track and to reflect back on what is going on. If you get something out of it great, if not oh well. The names have been changed for the sake of Anonymity. Yesterday was the first official attendance of the AACoA Meeting. https://anonymousalcoholics.home.blog/2024/09/12/i-am-starting-a-new-group/ … Continue reading Week 1: AACoA Meeting
I Am Starting A New Group…
Disclaimer- I share this stuff for my own sanity - take what you like and leave the rest. In celebration of the new book Big Book for Dummies coming out in November, I am finally getting the go-ahead from God to start this group / meeting thing...after the fiasco at the club last week - … Continue reading I Am Starting A New Group…
Ship Of Fools
Disclaimer: Once again - take what you like and leave the rest - this blog is for my sanity. The Ship of Fools, by Sebastian Brandt gutenberg.org Yesterday, a guy called me from another country and asked me to do a 12 step call for his sister in law, IF I am still a member … Continue reading Ship Of Fools
Big Book For Dummies
What is amazing is - when I set out to make this image - I found that there is already a 12 steps for Dummies book available: http://sobrietyforwomen.com/the-12-steps-of-aa-for-dummies/and a wiki how!! https://www.wikihow.health/Do-the-12-Steps - Wow Disclaimer: I write this blog for myself, my sanity and my sobriety. "take what you like and leave the rest". The … Continue reading Big Book For Dummies
Dogs In Meetings???
Once again - this blog is for ME. I write it for myself so that I can stay sane in AA. I hope you get something out of it. I go to meetings at a club. I am a member of the club so that I can get free coffee and meet with sponsee(s) in … Continue reading Dogs In Meetings???
We Are Trusted Servants, We Do Not Govern…
Back in 2015, when I was in a Traditions group an hour north of here, there was this extreme nutcase chick who came to the group and would make a joke that we are BUTT trusted servants - and that we have to think about AA as A-hole...she wasn't a real alcoholic - and she … Continue reading We Are Trusted Servants, We Do Not Govern…
How To Start An AA Group, Part 2
This references this post from March 9: https://anonymousalcoholics.home.blog/2024/03/09/how-to-start-an-aa-group-part-1/ It is a good post, but unfortunately it makes assumptions that can't be made anymore, so I am going to clarify. I am clarifying in parts - by the sections I wrote in the post. I am writing these posts for myself - I doubt anyone really … Continue reading How To Start An AA Group, Part 2
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